Before the Rift, Warpgate City was a global superpower—famous for its NULLIUM-powered Warp Gate transit system. These dimensional fold bridges allowed instantaneous travel across districts, turning the city into a megacity, trade empire, and technological marvel.
When the main Nullium core destabilized, the Warp Gates malfunctioned. Stabilizers failed. Districts collapsed into each other. Underground sectors formed from the rubble of what used to be the sky.
Today, the city is fractured: Downtown barely holds with remaining government forces, Uptown hides behind energy walls, industrial zones live under corporate martial law, and the Undercity survives beneath it all.
The city's name is a reminder of both its greatest achievement and its greatest failure.